Most items from Leicester burglary found; laptop still missing

LEICESTER 
A homeowner who, after his house was broken into was able to use a computer app to view people through his stolen laptop, has recovered most of the stolen items, police said.

Mina Thabet came home Tuesday to find his wife’s laptop, jewelry and video game systems gone. He quickly used the Splashtop app to remotely take screen shots of two men who Mr. Thabet said were looking up the price of the computer online.

Police said that using the photograph and another application that provided the location of the laptop, they were able to pass that information on to Worcester police, who quickly located the man whose photograph was taken remotely. The laptop was gone.

Police said yesterday the man who was seen clearly in the stolen laptop images was not charged, but police received information identifying another man who was in the vehicle at the time the images were recorded. Police said the second man was interviewed, and after his interview, police recovered what appeared to be all the property stolen during the break-in except for the laptop.

Police said no arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.